Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: Ten years after the initial presentation on the syllabic origin of writing, we may return to the writing of syllables, with examples from the Semitic-derived scripts of Asia.Of special interest are the development from the Aramaic abjad (consonantary) to the Indie abugida ('syllabary' with vowel inherent in the basic symbol), the migration of consonant symbols from a syllable to an adjacent aksara in Indie and the refinement of this practice in Tibetan, and the Korean decomposition and recognition of the syllable in light of Chinese grammatical the- ory.
Author: Peter T. Daniels
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W564872746